Learn About the Top 20 B-Schools
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See which 20 universities outperformed their peers to earn a top spot among the U.S. News Best Business Schools for 2017.
20. New York University (Stern)
Full-time enrollment: 799
2015-2016 tuition: $63,720 per year
2015 acceptance rate: 20 percent
More about NYU Stern.
19. Emory University (Goizueta) (GA)
Full-time enrollment: 345
2015-2016 tuition: $49,600 per year
2015 acceptance rate: 30.1 percent
More about the Goizueta Business School.
18. Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper) (PA)
Full-time enrollment: 417
2015-2016 tuition: $60,000 per year
2015 acceptance rate: 30.6 percent
More about the Tepper School.
16 (tie). University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler)
Full-time enrollment: 558
2015-2016 tuition: $37,015 per year (in-state); $54,413 per year (out-of-state)
2015 acceptance rate: 33.8 percent
More about Kenan-Flagler.
16 (tie). University of Texas–Austin (McCombs)
Full-time enrollment: 543
2015-2016 tuition: $33,298 per year (in-state); $48,832 per year (out-of-state)
2015 acceptance rate: 29.7 percent
More about the McCombs School of Business.
15. University of California–Los Angeles (Anderson)
Full-time enrollment: 725
2015-2016 tuition: $50,517 per year (in-state); $54,644 per year (out-of-state)
2015 acceptance rate: 19.8 percent
More about the Anderson School of Management.
14. Cornell University (Johnson) (NY)
Full-time enrollment: 535
2015-2016 tuition: $59,500 per year
2015 acceptance rate: 32.4 percent
More about the S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management.
12 (tie). Duke University (Fuqua) (NC)
Full-time enrollment: 894
2015-2016 tuition: $60,600 per year
2015 acceptance rate: 23.1 percent
More about the Fuqua School of Business.
12 (tie). University of Michigan–Ann Arbor (Ross)
Full-time enrollment: 836
2015-2016 tuition: $56,590 per year (in-state); $61,590 per year (out-of-state)
2015 acceptance rate: 28.3 percent
More about the Ross School of Business.
11. University of Virginia (Darden)
Full-time enrollment: 656
2015-2016 tuition: $55,518 per year (in-state); $57,836 per year (out-of-state)
2015 acceptance rate: 27.8 percent
More about UVA Darden.
10. Columbia University (NY)
Full-time enrollment: 1,287
2015-2016 tuition: $65,988 per year
2015 acceptance rate: 18 percent
More about Columbia Business School.
8 (tie). Dartmouth College (Tuck) (NH)
Full-time enrollment: 563
2015-2016 tuition: $64,200 per year
2015 acceptance rate: 22.6 percent
More about the Tuck School of Business.
8 (tie). Yale University (CT)
Full-time enrollment: 668
2015-2016 tuition: $61,500 per year
2015 acceptance rate: 20.7 percent
More about Yale University.
7. University of California–Berkeley (Haas)
Full-time enrollment: 502
2015-2016 tuition: $53,907 per year (in-state); $55,968 per year (out-of-state)
2015 acceptance rate: 13 percent
More about the Haas School of Business.
5 (tie). Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan)
Full-time enrollment: 806
2015-2016 tuition: $65,446 per year
2015 acceptance rate: 14.6 percent
More about MIT Sloan.
5 (tie). Northwestern University (Kellogg) (IL)
Full-time enrollment: 1,272
2015-2016 tuition: $64,059 per year
2015 acceptance rate: 20.6 percent
More about the Kellogg School of Management.
4. University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
Full-time enrollment: 1,715
2015-2016 tuition: $64,920 per year
2015 acceptance rate: 19.8 percent
More about the Wharton School.
2 (tie). Stanford University (CA)
Full-time enrollment: 824
2015-2016 tuition: $64,050 per year
2015 acceptance rate: 6.1 percent
More about the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
2 (tie). University of Chicago (Booth)
Full-time enrollment: 1,180
2015-2016 tuition: $63,980 per year
2015 acceptance rate: 24.4 percent
More about the Booth School of Business.
1. Harvard University (MA)
Full-time enrollment: 1,872
2015-2016 tuition: $61,225 per year
2015 acceptance rate: 10.7 percent
More about Harvard Business School.
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